Rural Hospitals Have Higher Percentages of Patients with COVID-19 than Urban Hospitals

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Since the onset of COVID-19, public health leaders have emphasized reducing the rate of viral spread to ensure that hospitals did not become overwhelmed. On December 15, 2020, the U.S. DHHS published weekly data on each individual hospital’s status on key indicators for acute management of COVID-19 patients. We analyzed these data to compare the percent of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in rural versus urban hospitals.

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